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4 (Sec lV-Ctcttssmaxu Satan, Ortv WocL. Sept 39, 1853 WORLD-SERIOUS "No Favor Sways Us, No Fear ShaU. Atce" Frem Flnt Statesman. March 2S. 1151 Statesman Publishing Company,; , CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher Published every morninf. Buzinea office MO -North Church SU Salem. Ore- TeiephQPe 1-1441 Entered at the postoffic at Salem. Or, as scon class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1STS. Member Associated Press The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the us for republication of all local news printed in this newspaper How Socialism, Creeps Paul Fagan, owner of the San Francisco Seals, weary of the woes of owning a baseball club, handed the Seals over to the Pacific Coast League which in 'turn transferred the team to the Seals' manager Damon Miller. But many San Franciscans think the answer to their baseball problems lies in getting a major league franchise and that, says the Chronicle, requires a "new and adequate sta dium. But "as matters now stand goes on the SF newspaper, such a venture is not one to at tract private capital. So the suggestion is of fered that a municipal stadium be built, fi nanced by revenue bonds. This is similar to the Exposition Arena pro posed for Portland. There the big Pacific In ternational Livestock show is without a home; and the Vaughn Street baseball grandstand survives only through councilmanic tolerance. Again the answer offered by Portland busi nessmen is a municipal undertaking financed by a bond issue. Thus does socialism "creep." Communities have gone through the same experience with street transit systems. Increases in operating costs and taxes crowding the ceiling of income (or pushing through it) made private owners ready and willing to turn the properties over to municipalities. The troubles are not erased, they are merely spread over the whole com munity through the release of the transit op erations from taxes and the financing of de ficits out of city treasuries. The test on these proposed ventures is whether they are proper and desirable com munity undertakings. That is a question for the voters of each city to decide. i Changing Weather Just to prove that the calendar wasn't fool ing, the wind and rain brushed the Salem area Sunday night, not roughly but brusque ly. The major blow was reserved for the Pu get Sound area where high winds did consid erable damage. Here the force spent itself in the nighttime, and only night workers and light sleepers knew the fall season was de finitely asserting its presence. Weather still makes news though human beings have pretty well insulated themselves from its effects. They can air-condition homes and offices and factories to fend off the heat waves. They have abundant fuel and heating devices to keep themselves warm in cold weather. Boots and slickers shed the rains. Trains and motorcars travel in nearly all weathers. Even farming methods successfully thwart the complications of weather: irriga tion for dry seasons, drainage to free the lands of excess water. In spite of this triumph over weather folk still are interested in weather reports. Some broadcasters even give the weather news first though for the vast majority of people a weather change affects their occupation not at all and their comfort comparatively little. Why this concern about the weather? Is it just the vestigial echo of primitive worry when weather did affect the hunting or the fishing or the comforts of living? Is it merely the common denominator of anxiety which the mind clings to, foolishly? Or is it just a convenient conversation piece? We do not at tempt to say. Only we know that now the weather is changing. Storms are. gathering off in the Pa cific and we'll be having weather news that can claim headlines in days ahead. It took four deputy sheriffs to get Mrs. Babe Blum "under control" in Hollywood. She told them off thus: Tm Jack Benny's sister-in-law and I'll have your jobs in the morning." Relatives can be SO humiliating. A Los 'Angeles reporter tipped off the FBI on a phone call from . Baltimore by a West Coast bank robber and held him on the phone while local agents crept up on him. In the ensuing gun battle both the robber and an FBI man were killed. The episode reminds one of the title of a play still running in New York with Maurice Evans as star: "Dial M for Murder. Proletariat and Peasants Russian Communism calls itself the dicta torship of the proletariat. It is -definitely a movement for government of, by and for the' workers. What has been quite clear all along is that it is not a government of or for the peasants. Yet the peasants have composed the largest group in the Russian population. ; The objectives of Lenin and Stalin were ,' industrialization, and fast. To attain . labor from the great reservoir of agriculture they instituted farm collectives, shipped the kulaks off to Siberia, starved the farm populations This had the result of driving peasants to fac tory jobs; but it did not provide the Russian people with the needed foodstuffs. In Malenkovs effort to vitalize the Soviet economy he seems to have turned first to agriculture. Remarkable confessions of fail ure in farm production have been made by the now No. 2 man, N. S. Khruchev, and rules are being changed to provide greater incentive to peasants to produce. At the same time, however, Khruschev declares that these concessions are only temporary, that in the future collectives will be the sole suppliers, and the produce of the privately operated tracts of the peasants will not be needed. That may be, but if after over 20 years' trial the collectives are not succeeding what hope is there that they now will function as the plan ners want? The bureaucrats attribute failures to the persistence of the private enterprise psycho logy among, the peasants. But looking after No. One has very deep roots and has shown remarkable survival power. In all other so cieties, except it be among some very primi tive peoples, the hope of individual reward has stimulated endeavor which has continu ously, yielded greater production. The system has its evils and excesses, but so far no sub stitute for it has been, found in any society. The new Russian concessions to the peasants merely add to the mountain of proof of this very elemental fact And the proletariat of the cities will eat better if the peasants are induced to increase production. Slick Kidnaping An earthquake at Reno brought activity at the gambling tables to a halt Friday; but only briefly. It will take a real "crack of doom" to get gambling addicts to "cease and desist." New lighting gives superior illumination for the capitol dome and 'the gilded pioneer which tops it, and plans are under way for lighting the entire front of the building. Lar ry Smyth, former political writer for the Ore gon Journal, now handling the information service for Secretary of the Interior McKay, long urged better lighting for the capitol. He'll be pleased when he sees the improve ment. The care of buildings and grounds of the capitol group is under the Secretary of State, Earl Newbry. The deputy secretary, Bill Healy, has taken a special interest in this project. lhfill''friMiir'JL'm''JL't-'ilu""li" "WiUmWI 4-Power Conference Seen as Likely to Take Place, But Not by Oct. 15 Date Suggested Interpreting the News By J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Press News Aaabst Chances for a four-power confer ence in Germany now seem good, but probably not by the Oct. IS date suggested by the Allies. The State Department was slow to react to the latest Russian note, then called it evasive and dilatory. It did not. however, get the usual quick and brusque turn-down. There were indications that the United States now agrees with Bri tain, France and West Germany that the time has really come for a meeting which, while it may not accomplish anything, could by that very fact establish Russia's insin cerity. There was a time when the Allies might have used the Russian refus al to discuss Austria at the same time as an excuse for not .meeting at all. That time is! past. ; Everybody feels that there will be no Austrian settlement without a German settlement. The reverse of this coin is that an Austrian set tlement would follow a German set tlement almost automatically. Nei ther is really expected. r Russia has carried the confer ence idea another step now by pro posing that a general conference also be held, with Red China par ticipating. One of the things which prolonged diplomatic study of the note was an effort to make sure whether Russia was predicating the German meeting on an Allied promise for a big five meeting. First impres sions were that it did not The UJ5. would surely refuse to meet such a demand. Russia probably made it knowing it would be refused, but with an ye on her own relations with Peiping. The prospect for a German con ference, a resumption of diplomat ic exchanges on Austria, and a Ko rean conference which might but probably wont lead to a broader conference on Asiatic problems, has nothing to do with the UJS. attitude toward a much-agitated top level conference on general settle-, meats. , The United States is under great pressure to modify that stand. She is about the only one against the idea. ' ' ' She still maintains that the is sues are between nations, not in dividuals; that in proposing all i J) "r"' "' 'r -v W The kidnaping of a six-year-old son of a wealthy automobile dealer in Kansas City was a diabolicly slick piece of business. It was done with such plausibility that none sus pected what was afoot. A young woman call ed at" the school where the boy was enrolled, asked for the boy with the tale that his mo ther was suddenly ill, took him away-in a taxicab and laterxtransferred to a blue sedan. The boldness of the deed is startling. The woman was seen by several at the school and by the cab driver. The boy is old enough to identify his kidnapers. The risks are very great and the penalties most severe. Surely with such leads the kidnapers will be round ed up. One can imagine how distraught the nuns are who operate the school for their trustful ness in turning the boy over to a stranger. The incident will serve to warn all teachers to require proper identification of persons calling for youngsters. (Continued from Page One) gon newspapermen; and they trust him to carry on the Sw-yer-Fowler tradition of honest journalism. High Level Campaigning President Eisenhower showed up at the conference of Republican women in Chicago recently; and later he went to Boston where he gave an address on the policies and attain ments of his administration. A number of other trips for the President are planned which will take him to various sections of the country. The purpose is to report to the people, and also to do some high-level campaigning in advance of 1954. The best asset the Republi cans have is the personal standing of Eisen hower. It will be fully exploited in the com ing elections at which control of the House and Senate is at stake. The better tactic for those Republicans running for reelection would be to help him move his program for ward. Then they wouldn't need to' be merely coattail riders as many of them were in 1952. spurred many an editor to ex ercise greater care in writing. With politicians or public fig ures who played loose with facts the Bend editor reserved a sharp spear which impaled the wretch on his own mis-statements. One who has shared both ed itorial and business responsib ilities with Judge Sawyer since 1916 is Henry N. Fowler, and he shares also in credit for the Bulletin's success and distinc tion. Fortunately he remains with the paper in an executive capacity. The new owner, Robert W. Chandler (the name "handle" is the same in any event), comes with an excellent back ground of preparation and ex perience, so it appears that the Bulletin will be in very capable hands. At any rate he is wel comed to the fraternity of Ore- Literary Guidepost Another important change af fecting the Oregon press is the appointment of Arden X. Pang born as editor-in-chief of the Oregon Journal. He will be vice president of the company and have authority over both news and editorial departments. "Pang," as he is familiarly known, is a graduate of the Un iversity of Oregon and was on the Oregonian staff for many years both in news and business departments. More recently he was general manager of a radio TV company in San Antonio. He knews the Oregon scene intimately and will bring to the Journal a strong personality and professional competence. By W. G. ROGERS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM, by Vercors, translated from French by Rita Barisse (Little, Brown; $3.50) Who are you? There's the question posed, thoughtfully yet merrily, in this novel about Douglas Temple more who has committed mur . der. Or is it butchery? Douglas himself says murder, and adds that the victim is his own son, Garry Ralph Templemore, one day old. The mother is identi fied as Deny, a "native woman from New Guinea" presently in the London zoo. The doctor calls the child a monkey, but police hold the father for trial anyway. Douglas commits himself to an anthropological expedition on the opposite side of the world. Old Cuthbert Greame, his young and pretty wife Sybil, and some colleagues are looking for the missing link, and in New Guinea"- they find thousands of them, or so they think, all alive, and on their hind legs except when, in a hurry, they give themselves a boost with long dangling front arms. They are apes, docile, friend ly, with some brains. They can even be taught elementary mo tions made on the production belt in a factory, and a develop ment company decides to put them to work . . . and cut prices w.y under English levels.- In the meantime, Douglas is one of several men who submit to test-tube experiments to deter mine how closely man and these apes are related. What began with a test tube ends with an innoculation of poison. If he's convicted of murdering his "son," these dumb brutes can't be exploited, for they are men. This situation invites all sorts of fantistic speculations about the nature of man and his dis tiguishing, unique attributes. It's an invitation which Vercors, in this Book-of-the-Month Club selection, accepts with, eager thanks. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty these conferences Russia merely seeks to create situation in which somebody might be led or misled into making concessions to her; that if any concessions can be made, the regular diplomats can do it; that personal diplomacy dur ing the last war led to agreements which she could twist to her own ends and she is always readj to try for more; and that representa tives from democratic countries are under pressure at such conferences to come out with something that looks like agreement, while the Rus sians are not. Any signs of success at the pres ently projected conferences would, however, create an overwhelming world demand for further explora tions, looking toward settlement of general issues. By the same token, complete failure would create a similar demand for last-ditch ef forts. The chances are good that Pres ident Eisenhower will find himself at a top international conference be fore his term is out. He made, you remember, quite a success out of going to Korea after his election, despite the fact that be made no pretense to any great ideas about obtaining a truce, 11 FROM STATESMAN FIXES 10 Years Ago Sept. 30, 1943 British troops with the Amer ican fifth army, captured an en tire German headquarters,' com plete with a general, without firing a shot. The troops strode into headquarters and caught the nazi officers a score of them without their pistol belts on. Members of the Soroptimist club of Salem, international woman's service organization chartered a month ago here, have purchased $35,000 , bonds during the third war loan com paign. Leo Durocher was given his unconditional release from his player-manager contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 25 Years Ago Sept 30, 182S Edwin P. Morrow, former gov ernor of Kentucky was speaker at the meeting of Oregon Re publicans at the armory. J. C. Perry, chairman of the county organization, presided at the meeting. A new fire station was de cided upon by the city council, to be erected on the corner of North Winter Street and Fair grounds road. Gene Tunney, the world's heavy weight champion and his fiance Miss Mary Josephine Lan der, of New York were married in Rome, Italy. 40 Years Ago SEPT. SO, 1913 Over 5000 people passed through the gates of the State Fair to view exhibits. McElroy's band and Mrs. Raymond Sulli van soloist furnished the music. A fireworks display were shown at the race track in the evening. According to estimates made by treasury experts in Wash ington, 425,000 American citi zens reported to the income tax collector to find how much they owe the government under the new income tax law. It is esti mated $82,298,000 will be col lected from the 425,000 persons. From "Bits For Breakfast" column In the Tennessee legis lature they have been drawing revolvers, but in Washington it takes more than that to catch the eye of the speaker. Mrs. John Stettler Sr., wife of a Salem fire captain, in forms that a recent story about a dog which puts out cigar ettes can't hold a candle (lit, of course) to her fire-fightin Cocker Tina." Tina, a flaming four years old, has been putting the damper on burning fags since six-weeks old. Untrained In the art of arson she simply, slaps them with her paw and grabs them up between her jaws. When these canine cigs are extinguished she puts the clincher on the nicotine sticks by grace fully eating same . . Tina hasn't said what brand she prefers probably O. D.'s (Other Dogs'). Anyway, nobody has caught her roll ing her own . . , Hew did Deng McKay's loss, Eagene Peavine, get back ta . Washington, D. C? . . . Wel Graham Sharkey of Salem was pretty close to the picture and has a trailer . . . Incidentally both Dong and Eagene look plenty gay In their first photo to gether la the Capitol . . . And it Isn't true that new that the . hone Is in Washington Deng will change its name to Eugene ' Grapevine Robert Allen, the Washington, D.C. newsman who lectur ed here the other night, left a comforting thought with his (Knife & Fork) audience about atom and hydrogen bombs . . . The estimates that we're about 15 months ahead of the Rus sians in such devastating development, sez Allen, is about like one press wire service bragging that it broke a news story five minutes ahead of another wire service ... Allen also confirmed what a lot of people have always thought about newsmen turned lecturers. He said he spent so much of his time in Washington just listening that he plain talks his fool head off when he hits the road on a speaking trip ... In some of his plain talk here Allen predicted Ike would NOT appoint Gov. Warren as chief justice ... Can't the State Hlway Dept.' (wonders a customer) do some thing after this long for those folks not blessed (or cursed) with transportation and whe must cross the Center and Marion St. bridges foot ... No thought has been given f the night pedestrians the bridges are as black as sin . . . No lights ... ir.t.L . I- ....... ...j .....i. i.l ..t .-j ( tiaiiu iviiv wviusu vi m agxu ivujjic icu miv sue raw sou wind after nightfall . . . unquote ... Work is coming along se well on the big new high school for South Salem that contrac tors new expect to complete pouring concrete by Oct, 15, in stead of Dec. 1, which had been the foal , . , Last time enfj neers, etc., got their slide rules together, they figured the Job is aboat 54 per cent complete ... TELEVINEMn. Paul Wiebe, 1940 W. Nob Hill, likes TV (she says) but "will be glad when other stations start in so we will have an opportunity to turn off the pains-in-the-neck ... How come they take off Godfrey, What's My Line and . . . leave on Strike It Rich? . . . And if they have to show those films twice or three they make ice cream EVERY week? . . .. Sometimes I wish we'd have an hour of silence rather than listen to some of that drivel . . . And when video goes blooey ... some character comes on and let's us know in a few million words that service has been interrupted (obviously), they're working on it, thank you for your patience, etc., and then disappears just as the commercial comes into view . . . All in all, though, we really enjoy TV You'd have to to stick with it after all that ... Better English Br D. C WTIXIAMS 1. What is wrong with this sentence? "I am apt to be late if I pause any longer." 2. What is the correct pro nunciation of "aqueous"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Farewell, ex pell, undersell, misstatement. 4. What does the word "in sipid" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with uns that means "not worldly wise"? ANSWERS 1. Say, "I am likely to be late." 2. Pronounce a-kwe-us, the a as in ate, preferred; ac cent first syllable. 3. ExpeL 4. Wanting in spirit, life, or animation. "It was an insipid composition.' 5. Unsophisitca-tion. Between 1940 and 1952 farm employment in the south declin ed one-fifth, and the number of sharecroppers dropped one-third. 1 who State Farm? Tofco wHk tm like tm get tfceir kamds ( IdM Hoots An rganizaUoB famous far low-cost automobile insurance because It aims U Insure only "less costly" careful drivers. Call me for snore informa tion . . . ' J. EARL COOK Ph. 4-2215 ,jSLr 626 N. High S) State Farm Mntoal Ante IasvCa. U. N. Attempts Arab Teaching AMMAN. Jordan W The United Nations has started a vast program to teach the three Rs to the chil dren of around half a million Arab refugees now in Jordan. The pro gram has been set up by the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA). The U.N. agency is in charge-of the welfare of refugees who fled the Palestine war in 1948. At present plans call for pri mary education only during this coming year. UNRWA officials here estimate the most urgent task is to prevent thousands of refugee children to grow up as Illiterates. Christian Science teaches rolianco on God alono 'Attend free' lecture ntitted "Christian Science: Its Awakening and ' Healing Mission" by Ella H. Hay, C.S. of Indianapolis, Ind. . - Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. Friday, Oct. 2 8 P.M. in Salem Senior High School Auditorium First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Salem, Oregon ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED M SO , Jf WISE to prepare... ' yes -even in advance ; " Funeral Service Since 1S7S Church at Ferry Phone 3-9139
